Driverless intelligent parking system

Abstract

Due to rapid increase in cars on the road, car parking is becoming a major issue in congested areas. DIPS focuses on equipping cars with intelligent controllers which shall enable automated parking without any driver’s assistance. This project involves development of such embedded controller design for the cars along with an accompanying mobile side application to communicate with the controller. Here is typical scenario: A car is driven to the start of the car park area by the driver. The driver then leaves the vehicle and instructs the car to park itself through the mobile application. The embedded controller on the car receives this instruction and requests a free parking slot from the central parking controller application. Upon receiving free parking slot, the vehicle controller will then drive the car towards the parking slot automatically, avoiding any obstacles encountered en route. Similarly, once the driver wants his car back, he will do so by sending a command from the mobile application to the car. The car will request permission from the central parking controller and will then start to move towards the exit point of the parking area. The embedded controller shall ensure safe and smooth ride avoiding any contacts with pedestrians or other cars. Due to budgetary constraints, the system is developed on low cost, small scale (1 / 10) cars. However, the implemented system could be installed in all modern cars.